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Vampire for Christmas – vampire romance seasonal release

Posted on 17th September 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Well, before I could really get into posting about the story I was writing for Christmas, the story is all written in first draft and done. That’s one of the downsides to writing novellas and short stories. As soon as I’ve started writing them, I’ve finished, and I don’t post much about them on my blog because of it.

I started writing the first draft of Vampire for Christmas on Monday, and finished it on Thursday. It’s a vampire romance novella (25000 words) with a sexy vampire hero called Rafe and a sassy vampire hunter heroine, Shannon. They’re partners at a demon hunting agency and as much as Shannon likes to pretend she hates Rafe, she’s falling for him pretty hard. Hard enough that she doesn’t want this last mission to be… well… their last mission. Two years of working with Shannon is enough to have Rafe crazy about her, and he’s determined to show her that they belong together, and to make her overcome her denial about her feelings for him. It takes a slimy monster and some serious soul-searching, but it might just work out good in the end.

I’m pretty pleased with the result. The tension is good, the UST is there too, and the slimy demon provides room for amusement (what’s not funny about a heroic vampire rushing in to save the day only to slide harmlessly off his enemy and land in a pile of goo on his face?). I think readers will enjoy it, and while it has a serious side too (with the heroine overcoming her past horrific encounter with a vampire in order to accept her feelings for Rafe, a less horrific more sexy and evil-to-all-but-Shannon vampire), it’s a warm fuzzy light sort of romance, with a bit of heat thrown in. Perfect for keeping readers warm in winter!

Now all I’ve got to do is edit the beast. It’ll have to sit for a bit before I dive into doing the second draft but the release day for this one is already looming. I want to get it out in November. As soon as I have the cover and blurb, I’ll post it.

Oh, and it’s a stand alone, so will be released under my Felicity Heaton name. Yes, yes, it’s about time we had another F E Heaton release… say something in the Vampires Realm series. Well, that’s what I’m working on next 🙂

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Her Dark Angel – Number 4 in Romance – Best Seller

Posted on 13th September 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Well, colour me happy. I’ve just checked Fictionwise and Her Dark Angel has leapt up to number 4 in romance, and is now placing as number 8 in the overall best seller chart! Squee!!!

Look! http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/c9/Romance/?si=0

Thank you to everyone who has purchased it so far. What a great start to the release this has been. Her Dark Angel, the first in my sexy new paranormal angel romance e-book series, made it to number 10 in Romance after the first week. I had expected it to drop, so seeing it shoot up to number 4, and therefore placing in the top 10 across the entire site, is thrilling. If you don’t have your copy yet, then let me introduce you the story… it’s guaranteed to make you hot and fuzzy inside.

Her Dark Angel
by Felicity Heaton

An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasn’t called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, it’s to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.

Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. He’s no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she can’t resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?

Their charade as lovers quickly becomes reality when one dance leads to another and Apollyon proves that he’s as sinful as he looks. His sensual and hungry touch brings Serenity back to life, freeing her from the hurt of being betrayed and reigniting her passion, but she can’t ignore her growing fear. Lost in their moment together, Apollyon realises that there is a reason he heard her call—he’s in love with her.

But will Serenity see past the wings and believe that Apollyon returns her feelings and won’t hurt her? When her ex-boyfriend asks her to forgive him and be with him again, will she take the easy route or will she find the courage to fly away with her dark angel?

Dark, passionate and sensual, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.

Her Dark Angel is the first story in a three part series. All of the stories cross-over by characters and world only, not plot, so you’re free to enjoy them in any order. Keep your eyes peeled for Her Fallen Angel (coming October 2010) and Her Warrior Angel (coming November 2010) 

Buy at Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b113258/Her-Dark-Angel-/Felicity-Heaton/?si=0 

Buy at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Dark-Angel-ebook/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ&s=digital-text&qid=1282589354&sr=8-17

Buy at Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Dark-Angel/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1282589405&sr=8-13

Buy direct from author’s website
http://www.felicityheaton.com/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

Buy at Alinar Publishing
http://www.alinarpublishing.com/books.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

Squeeeeee!

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Stories finished and new stories started

Posted on 13th September 2010 by Felicity Heaton

I got distracted this weekend blogging about my 11 books in 2011 challenge, and forgot to post about my progress with writing.

Her Warrior Angel is finished in first draft now. I completed it on Wednesday, but it’s not quite perfect. I know I have a few issues with the final chapter to resolve during the second draft, but it’ll be easy to address them then rather than tinker with it now. Better to move on to other projects and let it sit for a bit so I can gain some perspective on the issues. It’s nothing major. Just a few things need ironing out and writing better, and I need to check for repetition.

Her Fallen Angel is in much better shape now after final tweaks. I wanted to make sure that the conflict came through and things weren’t overly easy for them. It’s ready for the final polish and proof now, and will hit the deadline for release on October 16th.

I’ve started writing a new story this morning. Vampire for Christmas is my seasonal offering for the year. I’m hoping to get it written in first draft this week and then edited and ready for release in November. That’s a short deadline but I only decided to do a seasonal piece just the other week, so I didn’t really get much notice myself. Sometimes I have to roll with the muse. He wants to write a paranormal Christmas story, so I’ll write one. I have the plot down for it, and just need to write the beast. It’ll probably be another novella, topping out around 30,000 words. It’s a vampire piece, obviously, but the heroine is human and a hunter no less. I like toying with vampire / vampire hunter relationships. I won’t give too much away about it though. It’ll spoil the festive surprise! I have a whopping 1500 words of it written as of this morning, but I’ll hopefully be up to around the 6000 word mark by the time I get home from work.

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Her Dark Angel – Top 10 in romance on Fictionwise!

Posted on 7th September 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Her Dark Angel, my sultry paranormal angel romance ebook and the first in the Her Angel series, has rocketed up the charts to Number 10 in Romance after its first week at Fictionwise! I’m always thrilled when I get a top ten spot there. Thanks to everyone who bought it and got it to that position. It means a lot.

See the pretty top ten spot: http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/c9/Romance/?si=0

If you haven’t bought your copy yet, you can get your hands on this sexy paranormal angel romance novella at:

Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b113258/Her-Dark-Angel-/Felicity-Heaton/?si=0 

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Dark-Angel-ebook/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ&s=digital-text&qid=1282589354&sr=8-17

Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Dark-Angel/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1282589405&sr=8-13

Direct from my website
http://www.felicityheaton.com/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

Alinar Publishing
http://www.alinarpublishing.com/books.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

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When characters change the plot… Her Warrior Angel

Posted on 7th September 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Last week was a mixed week for writing. I had hoped to get the update on Her Warrior Angel, the final story in my Her Angel paranormal angel romance e-book series, posted this weekend but Saturday was extremely busy and then I just had to chill out on Sunday as I was heading for meltdown mode. I’m still partially stuck in promo mode and getting everything set up on my new social networking empire. It’s been a bit manic and very distracting, putting me off my writing.

I did manage to get the bulk of Her Warrior Angel written last week, although Einar, the hero, decided that he would change the plot. Cue a bit of a rethink about how to restructure the rest of the plot so it still worked, and then I was back to writing again. Normally I don’t get this problem with my heroes. More often than not, my problem character is a secondary character who doesn’t want to play the role the plot and my muse have assigned to him (er, that’s you Venturi, I hope you’re listening!). It was a nice change to have a hero be the trouble maker this time, and at least he was only changing the plot in a way that I think has actually made it better. I’ll let him off with this one for that reason, and the fact that I hadn’t really plotted and outlined this story 100% (as I usually do) so there was room for manoeuvre.

I have just this morning reached 30,931 words with Her Warrior Angel and have just typed “Chapter 10”, which is the final chapter in this story. It’s going to be a bit longer than the first two stories by the looks of things, but it’s around the same length, so that’s good. I do hate it when I plan out a short series of novellas or short stories and they all wind up vastly different lengths. I’ll get this story wrapped up in first draft today and then it’s straight on to tweaks to Her Fallen Angel, the second story in my Her Angel paranormal angel romance e-book series.

And once that’s done, I’m writing another new story for Christmas!

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Interviews and first review for Her Dark Angel

Posted on 4th September 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Well, it’s been an eventful first week of release for Her Dark Angel. I’ve had a couple of reviews back, and have done a couple of interviews too. The second interview was completely unscheduled too. Nocturne Romance Reads reviews Her Dark Angel and then invited me to do an interview with them because they liked it so much! I was thrilled and said yes.

Read the interview and review at Nocturne Romance Reads:
http://paranormal-romancejunkies.webs.com/interviews.htm

Here’s a snippet of the review, which gave Her Dark Angel a rating of 4 out of 5 hoots!
“Her Dark Angel is a very enticing romance, and once the story starts to sizzle it burns. This modern tale of a angel and a mortal falling in love was written beautifully, as well as Ms. Heaton’s attention to detail.  To be honest I never put my kindle down. Readers of romance will like the simplicity of this book, though the two main characters are a angel and a witch, the main focus of Her Dark Angel is the romance. Oh..and the steam from the romance department is a 9 out of a 10!” — Brandikay @ Nocturne Romance Reads

Read the interview at Love Romances & More:
http://loveromancesandmore.blogspot.com/2010/09/meet-felicity-heaton-comment-to-win.html

Her Dark Angel
by Felicity Heaton

An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasn’t called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, it’s to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.

Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. He’s no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she can’t resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?

Their charade as lovers quickly becomes reality when one dance leads to another and Apollyon proves that he’s as sinful as he looks. His sensual and hungry touch brings Serenity back to life, freeing her from the hurt of being betrayed and reigniting her passion, but she can’t ignore her growing fear. Lost in their moment together, Apollyon realises that there is a reason he heard her call—he’s in love with her.

But will Serenity see past the wings and believe that Apollyon returns her feelings and won’t hurt her? When her ex-boyfriend asks her to forgive him and be with him again, will she take the easy route or will she find the courage to fly away with her dark angel?

Dark, passionate and sensual, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.

Her Dark Angel is the first story in a three part series. All of the stories cross-over by characters and world only, not plot, so you’re free to enjoy them in any order. Keep your eyes peeled for Her Fallen Angel (coming October 2010) and Her Warrior Angel (coming November 2010) 

Buy at Fictionwise (15% discount until Monday 6th Sept)
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b113258/Her-Dark-Angel-/Felicity-Heaton/?si=0 

Buy at Amazon.com (only $0.99 until Monday 6th Sept)
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Dark-Angel-ebook/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ&s=digital-text&qid=1282589354&sr=8-17

Buy at Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Dark-Angel/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1282589405&sr=8-13

Buy direct from author’s website
http://www.felicityheaton.com/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

Buy at Alinar Publishing
http://www.alinarpublishing.com/books.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

What a great start!

Felicity

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Her Warrior Angel – making progress

Posted on 2nd September 2010 by Felicity Heaton

I’m making progress with the first draft of Her Warrior Angel, the third and final novella in my Her Angel paranormal angel romance e-book series. It’s been slow going because I’ve been stuck in promo gear for the past couple of weeks. The release of Her Dark Angel, the first paranormal angel romance e-book in the series, has hindered my capacity to write and I’ve found myself spending more time thinking about how to effectively promote Her Dark Angel rather than writing Her Warrior Angel. So, when I write, it’s pretty slow to start with. Once I get into it, the flow improves and I’m clocking up the words, but it’s getting into that flow that is proving difficult.

I don’t usually get so stuck in promo mode when I have a new release, but this one is different as I’m trying out lots of  new avenues with promotion and there’s lots emails flying back and forth about wonderful opportunities being offered to me. I’m thrilled that there’s so much interest in me and these stories, and it’s sort of adding to the workload on the promo side of things, which is detracting from my writing time.

But still, I have made progress and I spent Tuesday reading what I had written for Her Warrior Angel so far over and I’m pretty pleased with it. I’ve totted up a few more words since then (around 7000) and we’re now up to 21283 as of 9am this morning. I have around three more chapters to go, so should be done by early next week, if I can stop my muse from buckling under promo pressure and keep my focus.

I might even finish it off this weekend if I’m not too busy being social online and getting my name around the interweb.

If I really focus, I could finish it by tomorrow evening. That would require 100% focus during my short writing periods though (train to work, lunch, train back from work). Doubt that’ll happen at the moment!

Onwards and upwards.

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Her Dark Angel – Paranormal Angel Romance Book now available at Fictionwise!

Posted on 31st August 2010 by Felicity Heaton

My sexy new paranormal angel romance book, Her Dark Angel, is now available from fictionwise.com!

Her Dark Angel
by Felicity Heaton

An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasn’t called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, it’s to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.

Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. He’s no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she can’t resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?

Their charade as lovers quickly becomes reality when one dance leads to another and Apollyon proves that he’s as sinful as he looks. His sensual and hungry touch brings Serenity back to life, freeing her from the hurt of being betrayed and reigniting her passion, but she can’t ignore her growing fear. Lost in their moment together, Apollyon realises that there is a reason he heard her call—he’s in love with her.

But will Serenity see past the wings and believe that Apollyon returns her feelings and won’t hurt her? When her ex-boyfriend asks her to forgive him and be with him again, will she take the easy route or will she find the courage to fly away with her dark angel?

Dark, passionate and sensual, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.

Her Dark Angel is the first story in a three part series. All of the stories cross-over by characters and world only, not plot, so you’re free to enjoy them in any order. Keep your eyes peeled for Her Fallen Angel (coming October 2010) and Her Warrior Angel (coming November 2010) 

Buy at Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b113258/Her-Dark-Angel-/Felicity-Heaton/?si=0 

Buy at Amazon.com (only $0.99 this week)
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Dark-Angel-ebook/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ&s=digital-text&qid=1282589354&sr=8-17


Buy at Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Dark-Angel/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1282589405&sr=8-13


Buy direct from author’s website
http://www.felicityheaton.com/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel


Buy at Alinar Publishing
http://www.alinarpublishing.com/books.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

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Paranormal Angel Romance e-book – Her Dark Angel – Out Now!

Posted on 28th August 2010 by Felicity Heaton

Sexy new paranormal angel romance e-book out today! Get it while you can at Amazon.com for the special price of $0.99 (usually $2.99) or Amazon.co.uk for only Ă‚ÂŁ0.72

Her Dark Angel is the first story in a three part series. All of the stories cross-over by characters and world only, not plot, so you’re free to enjoy them in any order. Keep your eyes peeled for Her Fallen Angel (coming October 2010) and Her Warrior Angel (coming November 2010)

Her Dark Angel
by Felicity Heaton

An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasn’t called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, it’s to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.

Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. He’s no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she can’t resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?

Their charade as lovers quickly becomes reality when one dance leads to another and Apollyon proves that he’s as sinful as he looks. His sensual and hungry touch brings Serenity back to life, freeing her from the hurt of being betrayed and reigniting her passion, but she can’t ignore her growing fear. Lost in their moment together, Apollyon realises that there is a reason he heard her call—he’s in love with her.

But will Serenity see past the wings and believe that Apollyon returns her feelings and won’t hurt her? When her ex-boyfriend asks her to forgive him and be with him again, will she take the easy route or will she find the courage to fly away with her dark angel?

Dark, passionate and sensual, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.

Read the excerpt… http://www.felicityheaton.com/herdarkangel/

Buy at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Dark-Angel-ebook/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ&s=digital-text&qid=1282589354&sr=8-17


Buy at Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Dark-Angel/dp/B00408AQ98/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1282589405&sr=8-13


Buy direct from author’s website
http://www.felicityheaton.com/ebooks.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel


Buy at Alinar Publishing
http://www.alinarpublishing.com/books.php?title=Her%20Dark%20Angel

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Her Warrior Angel – finally started writing it!

Posted on 24th August 2010 by Felicity Heaton

The muse loves me again. I’ve freed him from the prison of promotion and editing, and released him into the wilds of my mind. He’s glad to be back, and even though it was slow to start with and there were distractions yesterday (sudden thoughts about getting more of my books into kindle, promoting, etc), we’ve managed to clock up 2 chapters, equating to 6700 words, of Her Warrior Angel.

Her Warrior Angel will be the third book in the Her Angel series, although they all stand alone and you don’t have to read them in any particular order. It’ll be out on November 20th. Yes, I’m crazy enough to have a release date planned and advertising booked and paid for before I’ve even written a word for this story! I knew the muse would come up with the goods though. We have a very trusting relationship like that. Plus, it’s only a 30k story. Those don’t normally take me too long to write. A week in first draft, and then editing time.

It’s a relief to be writing again though. Let’s hope the flow continues. I’m hitting my stride with it now that I’ve begun chapter 3. My darling husband is working tonight, and I wish I could keep writing after I’ve jogged with my sister (and had a bath because my back is killing me) but there’s promo stuff to be done, so no time. I’ll just keep on with it tomorrow and see what word count we reach by the end of the day (after my train journey back from work).

I love my muse!

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